Coin-controlled game apparatus



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H. MATERN. GOIN GONTROLLBD GAME APPARATUS.

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H. MATERN. GOIN GONTROLLBD GAME APPARATUS.

No. 518,617. Patented Apr. 24, 1894.

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GOIN GONTROLLBD GAME APPARATUS. No. 518,617. PatentedApr. 24, 1894.

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HERMAN MATERN, or ALBANY, NEW YORK.

COIN-CONTROLLED GAM E APPARATUS,

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 518,617, dated April24,1894. Application iiled December 28,1893. i Serial No. 494,980. (Nomodel.)

To CLU whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HERMAN MATERN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Game Apparatus,of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in. coin-controlled game-apparatus,and it consists ot' the novel construction and arrangement of partsshown in the drawings, described in this specification, and pointed `outin the claims. j

In the accompanying drawings, Which are herein referred to and form partof this specifcation, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my inventioninclosed in its casing. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig.` 3is an enlarged front elevation, withthefrontof the casing removed, andpart of the framing broken out, to show underlying parts. Fig. 4 is asectional detail showing the manner of locking the two parts ot thenumber wheel together. Fig. 5 is an enlarged rear elevation, with thedoor of the casing removed, and parts of the `framingbroken out.` Fig. 6is an enlarged end elevation, with the end of the casing re moved. Fig.7 is au enlarged partial horizontal section ot Fig. 6 at the line VY Y;and Fig. 8 is an enlarged partial vertical section of Fig. 5 at the lineX X.

As represented in the drawings, A designates a casing for inclosing myinvention; said casing having in its rearmost side an opening which isclosed by a door, 1, and through which access can be obtained to theoperative parts of the apparatus.y A drawer, 2, is placed in thelowerpart of the casing A for the purpose of receiving the coins usedfor operating the apparatus.

B designates a ticket-wheel that is provided with a series ofradiallyarranged slots, 3, formed near the periphery of the wheel andare open through both sides of the latter, so that a suitable ticket,when inserted in either of said slots, will project from the oppositefaces of the wheel. The wheel B is itted to rotate loosely on a spindle,4, which normally remainsin a fixed position; a ratch- `et-wheel, 5,secured to said spindle, and a pas l, 6, is arranged to take into theteeth of vided for imparting a rotary `vided `with said ratchet-wheel toprevent said spindle from being rotated in a wrong direction. Avolute'spring, 7, having one end secured to the spindle 4 and theopposite end attached to a stud, 8, in the side of the wheel B, ispromotion to saidy wheel in the manner hereinafter described. A seriesofspurs, 9, is arranged around the periphery of the wheel B in position tocorrespond with the slots 8, and a second series of spurs, 10,positioned intermediately to the spurs 9, is arranged independently ofthe latter around the periphery. The slots and spurs 9 are omitted, asat 1l, from one portion of the wheel B for a purpose hereinafterexplained. The spindle t is journaled in a stationary parts of theapparatus.

frame, 12, which also carries other p beneath the wheel B `and isprovided with a standing-flange, 13, arranged to engage alternately withthe spurs 9 and 10 of said wheel; one end of said sliding-bar projectsthrough the front of the casing A and is provided with for imparting a aknob, 14, or other means the inner end of sliding motion to said bar;

said sliding-bar 1s bifurcated to form limbs, j 15, which are connectedby a cross-bar, 16, to l form an opening, 17, ter explained.

D designates a 18, and having a counterweight receptacle, 19, pivoted toone end of it iu such manner that said receptacle can be maintained in avertical position torbring a counterweight, 20, directly under thepivots of said receptacle, and said counter-weight is usually/a coincorresponding to the coin used for controlling the operation of theapparatus. lever D carries, on the end opposite to the receptacle 19, areceiver, 21, for the coin for operating the apparatus; said receiver isproan end, 22, which is pivoted to said receiver, as at 23, to adj ustsaid end, in respect to the opening `through the bottom of fora purposehereinaftilting-lever, fulcrumed at n The tiltingy the receiver, toadapt the latter for retaining 291,1 www.)

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- E designates `a Veiftcarl amtht "sferectd on` the upper faoollof thedin arranged 1 to 4move" 36,`"attaohed v"to t f o is y slsgescw tary k,creino posite to the, ,placel Lhosogmutal portio `has been yrenrlovphoy ofthe duplexwnumber' a seri'esoffnotches;47

518,617 i i s a spiral and is connected to the shaft 43 means of a belt,51, but when preferred the entire springmay be made ofl an elastic beltwhich can be woundaround said shaft in the manner shown, in respect tothe belt 51, in Fig. 5. the hold of its controlling mechanism, ashereinafter explained, the resilience of the spring 49 will cause thewheel F to be rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow marked onsaid wheel in Fig. 5. A ratchet-wheel, 52, is secured to the shaft 43,and a lever, 53, fulcrumed, at 54, is provided with a detent, 55, fittedto take against the teeth of said ratchetwheel and holdthe shaft 43 frombeing rotated bythe spring 49; the opposite end of the lever 53V isprovided with a cam-shaped projection, 56, arranged to lie in the pathof movement of a stud, 57, fixed in the side of the wheel l5, so that,when said wheel is rotated into the required position, said stud willtake against the projection 56 and depress the detent end of' the lever53 from the ratchetwheel 52, thereby releasing the shaft 43 from thecontrol of said detent, and i allowing the spring 49 to rotate saidshaft and the attached number-wheel until stopped by the friction of thedetent 48.

. Attached to the detent 55, is an arm, 58, which bends around theperiphery 0f the number-wheel F and forms a shutter, 59, which, when thelever 53 is in its normal posi- `tion, will be interposed between anopening,

60, in the front of the casing A, and the numbers on the number-wheel F,but, when the lever 53 is tilted, to release its detent from theratchet-wheel 52, said shutter will be thereby carried from a positionto close said opening, and the number on said number wheel that isexposed through said opening will be the winning-number]7 and the ticketbearing a corresponding number will become the winning ticketl i Gdesignates a chute through which the coin passes to be deposited in thereceiver 21, and said chute is provided with a mouth-piece, 61, that ispreferably bent at an angle to the line of the passage through saidchute, so that the external orifice of said mouth-piece will be inclinedrearwardly from the top of the casing A. For the purpose of adjustingsaid orifice to suit the different diameters of the coins used foroperating my apparatus, an adjustable-screw, 62, is inserted in saidmouthpiece and is arranged to be manipulated from the interior of thecasing A, so thatit cannot be tampered with from the outside of saidcasing.

H designates the tickets which are inserted in the slots of the wheel B,and are made sufficiently long to protrude from each side of said wheel.Each of said tickets should bear a number that will correspond to anumber on `the number-wheel F, and the numbers should besuccessive, butthe tickets need not be inserted in the slots 3 so that their numberswill be in regular rotation.

When the shaft 43 is released from `thedrawer 2.

lilylapparatus is operated in the following i manner: A counter-we1ght,20, is deposited in the receptacle 21 to correspond to the weight of acoin required to operate the apparatus; if said receptacle contains acoin of' a dierent Weight, the coin is removed by turning over saidreceptacle and allowing the coin "to drop therefrom through an opening,63, into Tickets H are inserted into the slots 3, or into as many ofsaid slots as will correspond to the exposed "numbers on the face of thedisk 42. The spindle 4 is then turned-by a key or other implement-t0wind up the spring 7; the shaft 43 is also turned in like manner to windup the belt `51, and the apparatus will be in condition for operating. Acoin of the required weight is then dropped into the chute G and, byfalling into the receiver 21, tilts the lever D to carry the flange 34out of the opening 17 and leave the sliding-bar C free to be slidforward. The wheel B, is held in a stationary position by a spurt)bearing against the standing-liange 13, and by the ticket H--then readyfor ejectment from the wheel B bearing against the plates 36 and 37, thesliding-bar C is then pulled outwardly to push the ticket-by` means ofthe arm `E--partially from its slot in the wheel B, so that the outerend of said ticket will `project from the face of the casing A, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6. The ticket` is then drawn from theapparatus by hand, and the engaged stud 9 will pass by the inner end ofthe flange 13, and the wheel B--under the strain of the spring `7willmake a partial revolution to bring the succeeding studA 10 into contactwith the fiange 13, thereby causing another pause in the movement of thewheel B until the said spur passes the forward end of said iiange andallows said wheel to make another partial revolution, whereby asucceeding spur 9 is brought into engagement with the flange 13; theinward m0vement of the sliding-bar @permitting the spur 10 to pass bythe forward end of said ange to effect the last described movement ofthe wheel B. The forward movement of the sliding-bar C opens the passagein the bottom of the receiver 21, to allow the coin to drop from thelatter, and thereby a preponderance of weight is given to thecounter-weight 20 to restore the tilting-lever D to its normal positionand effect the locking of the sliding-bar C in the manner previouslydescribed. When the wheel B has attained a point in its revolution wherethelast spur will pass clear of the flange 13 and bring the blank space11 adjacently to said flange, the stud 57 will engage under theprojection 56 and tilt the lever 53 in such manner that the detent 55will be disengaged from the ratchet-wheel 52, thereby leaving thenumber-wheel F free to be rotated by the spring 49 5 said wheel willcontinue to rotate until its momentum is arrested by the detent 48. Whenthe lever 53 is tilted, to release the number-wheel F, the shutter 59will be moved to uncover the open- IIO ing BOQWhereby the number thenopposite said opening will beeXposedat the front of the apparatus. Afterthek stud 57 has passed by the projectiony 56 the lever will tilt back`into its normal position and the shaft t3 can ,Y ment of saidticket-Wheel, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of aspring-actuated ticket-wheel provided with aseries of slots for containing tickets and having two series ofperipheral spurs arranged on different circuinferential lines; oneseries of said spurs being arranged intermediately to the spurs of theother series, and a sliding-bar provided wlth a standing iiange arrangedto engage with-said spurs successively; whereby the Arotative movementof said ticket-Wheel will be interrupted to effect a step-by-steprotation .Ef dsaid Wheel, as and for the purpose speci- '3. Thecombination of a spring-actuated number-Wheel, a ratchet-wheel securedto the shaft which carries saidnumber-Wheel, a lever provided with adetent fitted to engage with said ratchet-Wheel; ysaid lever' being alsoprovided with a shutter which normally forms a closure for an opening inthe casing` of the apparatus, and a Wheel provided with a stud arrangedto effect a tilting movement of said lever; whereby said detent will bedisengaged from the ratchet-wheel and the shutter moved from saidopening, as and for the purpose i specified. Y

4. The combination of a tilting-lever carryf f fsisgerrfVr centralizeacounter weight directly under said pivot and-at the 'other end--havingaf coin-receiver provided with a swinging-end connected to anadjusting-screw for adapting saidk receiver for retaining different`sizes ot' coins, (and a sliding-,bar that is normally locked by said'tilting-lever and is connected tothe swinging-end of the coin-receiver;

whereby the apparatus can bek adapted to bey operated by coins ofdierent sizes and weights, and the Swinging-end-of the coin-receiver beretracted to discharge the coin from said receiver, as and for thepurpose specified.

k5; In a coin-controlled game-apparatus, ay

numbers-wheel composed of `a principal disk provided with a series ofconsecutively-arf ranged numerals, and a supplementary disk lhavingasegmental portion of its surface removed tov expose the numerals ot'the principal disk; ,saidy supplementary disk being pron vided Withfalesser number of numerals than theprincipal disk, and a locking-devicefor ySecuring the principaland supplementary,

disks together in such manner that said number-Wheelwill show eitheracontinuous series i of numerals, or two corresponding yseries of thesame, as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination of `a casing provided With a ticket-dischargeopening, a swingingguard fitted lto form a closure for said opening, acoin-controlled tilting-lever, and a sliding-bar normally locked in animmovable position by said tilting-lever and arranged toy effectamovement of said guard to give tree specified. f

access to ,said opening, as andfor the purpose 7. yIn .a coin-controlledapparatus, ak coinn chute having its exterior opening provided with anadjustment manipulated from the interior of the casing of the apparatus;Whereby saidopeningcan be adjusted to yprevent the introduction of acoin of too great a diameter into said chute, as herein specified.HERMAN MATERN.

W'itnesses:V

B. LIPSCLITZ, WM. LOW.

